Mafia faces the music in New York
US and Italian authorities launched a massive operation against the New York and Sicilian Mafia, arresting more than 80 suspects in a sweep described as a major blow against organised crime.
By James Hossack | AFP, New York
UPDATED ON FEB 08, 2008 10:19 PM IST
US and Italian authorities launched a massive operation against the New York and Sicilian Mafia on Thursday, arresting more than 80 suspects in a sweep described as a major blow against organised crime.
Prosecutors in New York unveiled a 170-page indictment against 62 individuals detailing murder, racketeering, loan sharking, conspiracy, drugs and extortion charges for crimes going back as far as the 1970s.
The sweep netted 61 alleged members of three of the five families that run the Mafia in New York — the Gambino, Genovese, and Bonanno families.
Among those facing charges were top Gambino leaders including acting boss John D”Amico, also known as “Jackie the Nose,” acting underboss Domenico “The Greaseball” Cefalu and consigliere Joseph “Miserable” Corozzo.
“These charges strike at the very core of the Gambino family, targeting its leadership and illicit profits,” US Attorney Benton Campbell said, unveiling the charges in New York.
Swiss police fire tear gas on demonstrators at feminist rally
Posted by Prashasti Singh | ANI, Zurich
UPDATED ON MAR 07, 2021 05:35 AM IST
According to a report by Sputnik, the police had warned people ahead of a planned protest that mass events are banned in Switzerland amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘Scores from Myanmar trying to flee to India’
AFP, Guwahati
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:12 AM IST
Forty-eight Myanmar nationals, including the eight police, have entered India’s northeastern state of Mizoram, a senior officer in the Assam Rifles paramilitary force said.
Covid-19 pandemic: WHO warns against letting guard down
Agencies, Geneva
UPDATED ON MAR 07, 2021 05:37 AM IST
“Countries are going to lurch back into third and fourth surges if we’re not careful.” Mike Ryan, WHO’s top emergency expert, told an online briefing.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wins trust vote
Agencies
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:00 AM IST
PM Khan won 178 votes, safely above the 172 votes he needed, to prove his majority in the NA
Mutated Covid-19 variants responsible for spike in cases across Europe
AP, Milan
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 11:25 PM IST
- Europe recorded 1 million new COVID-19 cases last week, an increase of 9% from the previous week and a reversal that ended a six-week decline in new infections, WHO said Thursday.
Taliban kill 7 Afghan soldiers in northern Balkh
Posted by Harshit Sabarwal | ANI
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 11:25 PM IST
According to Mohammad Hanif Rezaee, a spokesman for the Afghan Army's 209 Shaheen Corps, the military killed five Taliban members, including the movement's designated deputy governor for the Chaharbolak district, during the clash.
US Senate passes Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid-19 bill on party-line vote
Posted by Kunal Gaurav | Reuters, Washington
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 11:02 PM IST
The fight is not over as the bill needs to return to the House of Representatives, which approved a slightly different version a week earlier.
Swedish police break up coronavirus demonstration in Stockholm
Posted by Harshit Sabarwal | Reuters
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 10:57 PM IST
Police blocked a bridge in the centre of the city and said on their website they were in dialogue with organisers to persuade demonstrators to disperse. TV images showed police shoving some protesters, while the police said one officer had been slightly injured and taken to hospital.
Donald Trump demands three Republican groups stop raising money off his name
Reuters, Washington
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 10:53 PM IST
Donald Trump is using his Save America SuperPAC to raise money in part to help hand-picked Republican candidates in the 2022 congressional elections.
Body of 'Everything will be OK' protester exhumed in Myanmar
Reuters
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 10:52 PM IST
Kyal Sin, widely known as Angel, died on Wednesday from a shot to the head as protesters came under fire from security forces trying to end demonstrations against the coup.
Twitter's Jack Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia
Reuters
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 10:49 PM IST
Old offers for the tweet suggest that it was put for sale in December, but the listing gained more attention after Dorsey's tweet on Friday.
Bye, Bismarck: 144 US cities could lose status as metro areas
Posted by Kunal Gaurav | AP
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 10:34 PM IST
- Statisticians say the change in designations has been a long time coming, given that the US population has more than doubled since 1950.
Car bomber kills prosecutor, bodyguard: Afghan officials
Posted by Kunal Gaurav | AP, Kabul
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 10:24 PM IST
- Afghanistan is experiencing a nationwide spike in bombings, targeted killings, and other violence as peace negotiations in Qatar between the Taliban and the Afghan government continue.
US officer's trial could reopen intersection where George Floyd died
Posted by Kunal Gaurav | AP
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 09:55 PM IST
- Although many in the community consider the place where the Black man died to be a sacred space, it also has presented some headaches for the city.
Open spaces, no pharmacies: Rural US confronts Covid vaccine void
AP
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 09:28 PM IST
- To get their shots, some residents took a ferry across the sprawling James River to cities such as Williamsburg.